Shocking-machine.



w. P. THORNB & J. R. I. HOPKINS.

SHOGKING MACHINE. APPLICATION IVILED NOV. 12, 1909.

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W. F THORNE & J. R. 1. HOPKINS.

SHOCKING MACHINE. APPLIOATIONIFILED NOV. 12, 1909.

1,010,464, Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

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W. F. THORNE & J. R. I. HOPKINS.

SHOCKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION 111.111) 11011.12, 1909.

1,010,464, Patented D611. 5, 1911.

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k i m UNITED STATESv PATENT. OFFICE.

WILLIAM FREDERICK THORNE AND JAMES RANDOLPH INNES HOPKINS, OF WINNIPEG.MANITOBA, CANADA. I

SHOCKING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 12, 1909.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

Serial No. 527,745.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VVILLIAM FREDERICK THORNE and JAMES RANDOLPH INNnsHor- KINS, bot-h of the city of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba,Canada, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements inShocking-Machines, of which the following is the specification.

Our invention relates to shocking machines adapted for use withharvesters or binding machine of the ordinary form.

The shocker is adapted to be connected to the binder at the sideadjoining the binder deck in such relation thereto that it will receivethe bound sheaves as they are deposited from the binding machine.

The object of theinvention is to provide the shocker with a moresatisfactory sheaf receiving and shock forming receptacle or basket thanhas heretofore been employed in machines of this particular class.

The essential feature of the improvement lies in the provision of anadjustable basket which allows the base of the shock to be spread out orenlarged at will at the same time rendering it possible to retain eithera large or a small air space or opening in the center of the shock whendeposited.

With the above primary and other incident-a1 objects in view as willappear in the specification the invention consists in the construction,arrangement of parts, or their equivalents, hereinafter described andset forth in the claims.

Referring to the drawings,F.igure 1 represents a side elevation of ourgrain shocker, the master wheel of the binder and the deck being shownin dotted outline. Fig. 2 represents a plan view as in Fig. l, a portionof theQboX like platform being broken away. Fig. 3 is a front elevationof the machine as in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the shockreceiving receptacle. Fig. 5, is an enlarged detailed perspective, viewshowing certain adjustable parts of the receivingreceptacle. Fig. 6 isan enlarged detailed plan view of a portion of the receptacle showingthe manner in which the forward ends of the divider bars are connectedto the basket. Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of a portion of the basket andone of the bearings showing the sleeve in position.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in each figure.

1 represents the shocker frame which is formed from longitudinal members2 2 and transverse members 3. s

4 is a supporting shaft secured firmly to the shocker frame by suitablebrackets 5 said shaft being supplied at its one end with a carriagewheel 6 and having its opposite end fastened in any desirable manner tothe binding machine frame so that the sheaves passing from the binderdeck 7 will drop onto the shocking machine platform, as later described.

' 8.represents the master wheel of a binding machine. I

9 are caster wheels supporting the extending ends of the. longitudinalmembers 2 2, said caster wheels being secured to the shocker framethrough the agency of bearings 11 which receive the shanks 12 of thecaster wheels pivotally and have three eX- tending arms 13, 141 and 15respectively, the arms 13 and 14 of which are bolted to the members 2 2,and the arms 15 of which are.

This latter bar united by a cross bar 15?. prevents the shocker framefrom spreading as will readily be understood. The arms 14 are enlargedinto heads 14: which are provided with a vertically directed set .of.openings 14 which receive the pivoted pins of the basket, later to bedescribed, such openings allowing of adjustment to the basket. 16 is abox like platform secured centrally in the shocker frame in anyconvenient manner so that it will receive the sheaves deposited from thebinder deck as already referred to.

17 is the basket or receptacle in which are placed the sheaves to beformed into a shock. a The body of the basket is formed from similarsets of arched bars 18 19 and 20 united at their upper ends by opposingbars 21 and over which bars we have spread metallic sheets 22 and 23.The bars 20 are united by a pivoted pin 20 which allows them. to have aslight motion in respect to each other when the basket is spread, aslater. explained. The bars 18 are secured to the plate 24 by bolts 25the bolts passing. through openings formed both in the plate and bar.

It is to be understood that the plate has a series of openingsthroughout its length into any one of which the bolts can be fastenedthereby. allowing the bars. to be adjusted toward and away from eachother. As the bars are spread the butt or rear end Cir of the receptacleis widened so that the formed shock has a larger base. The forward endor that contained by the bars 20 remains to all intent and purpose thesame' although there is a slight negligible contraction produced by thesaid bars turning on the pivoted pin 20'. The receptacle is supportedfrom the bearings 11 by pivoted pins 26 which pass into the openings 14already referred to. IVithin the basket is located a divider 27constructed as now described.

28 and 29 are complementary bars having each a knee formed at 30 bybending them intermediate of their length and foot pieces 81 constructedat their rear end, the said foot pieces being adapted to rest on thebars 18 to which they are secured by bolts 32. The bars are providedwith a series of openings 18 so that the position of the legs on thebars can be varied as desired by removing the bolts from one set ofopenings and placing them in another set. The forward ends of the bars28 and 29 converge downwardly and are held in position by the pivot pin20 which passes through them as well as the bars 20.

33 is a sheet metal covering placed over the bars 28 and 29 andinclosing the same.

34 are inter-linked eye bolts secured to the knees of the bars 28 and29.

35 is a standard secured firmly to the rearward cross bar 3 and havingits upper end adapted to receive and support the smaller end of thebasket. The standard is bored centrally to provide a vertically directedopening to receive a spiral spring 36 which extends above the upper faceof the standard and engages with the end of the basket when it initiallydrops back on the standard thereby reducing the impact to' a greatextent.

37 are vertically directed rods or fingers secured permanently to thebars 18 adapted to prevent the sheaves from longitudinal displacement inthe basket. Te are aware that a basket somewhat of this form has beenused heretofore but in any former baskets that have come under ournotice there has been no provision made for enlarging or widening thebutt of the shock, or for increasing or decreasing the opening formed bythe divider in the center of the shock.

It will be seen that with our invention it is possible to secure anyrequired relative adjustment of the basket and divider owing to the factthat one can spread or close the bars 18 and adjust the relativeposition of the legs to the bars.

In order to allow the basket to expand and contract we have found itnecessary to make the pivot pins 26 longer than would otherwise benecessary so that they may always remain within the bearings when theyare caused to slide by the contraction or expansion. However in orderthat the basket may be at all times centered it is necessary to providesleeves 38 which are slipped on the pivot pins and appear between theenlarged ends 14 of the arms 14: and the brackets 39 extending from thebasket. It is to be understood that a number of these will be suppliedwith each machine so that as soon as the basket has been adjusted tosatisfy the operator he can insert a sleeve on each pin which willprevent the basket from moving sidewise or sliding on the pins. Thesesleeves can be made readily removable or the pivot pins can be attachedso that they can be removed to insert the sleeves. It is suggested thata rod could be inserted passing completely across the basket and underthe same which would fulfil the same purpose as the pivot pins. In thislatter case the rod could be removed to insert the sleeves and afterwardheld against longitudinal displacement by suitable pins as will bereadily understood. Secured to the bars 21 are pressure bars 40, whichclose over the sheaves after they are formed into a shock in the basketto retain them from slipping from the basket when it upsets. These barsform no part of the invention.

\Vhat we claim as our invention is:

1. A shocking machine comprising a basket, means for adjusting the widthof the same, and a divider within the basket.

2. A shocking machine comprising a basket, means for adjusting the widthof the same, a divider within the basket, and means for adjusting thewidth of said divider.

3. In a shocking machine, a pivotally supported shock forming baskethaving its rear end adjustable to enlarge or decrease the base of theshock carried thereby, and an adjustable divider within the basket, asand for the purpose specified.

4. In a shocking machine, the combination with a pivotally supportedshock forming basket formed from two similar portions pivotally securedtogether at one end, and means securing the portions in adjustablerelation the one to the other at the other end, as and for the purposespecified.

5. In a shocking machine the combination with a suitable supportingframe, of a shock forming basket formed from two similar portionspivotally secured together at one end and a plate adjustably securingtogether the opposite ends.

6. In a shocking machine, the combination with a suitable frame of aforwardly converging shock forming basket formed from two complementaryportions pivotally secured together at the narrow end of the has ket anda plate adjustably securing them together at the opposite or enlargedend of the basket, as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a shocking machine, the combination with a suitably supportedframe of a compressible and expansible shock forming basket pivotallycarried by the frame, said basket comprising complementary sets ofarched bars spaced apart at their upper ends by longitudinally extendingrods and covered over with sheet metal plates to which they arefastened, a pivot pin uniting the approaching pair of bars at theforward end of the basket and a plate adjustably secured by removablebolts to the approaching pair of bars at the opposite end of the basket,as and for the purpose specified.

8. In a shocking machine, a pivotally supported contractible andexpansible'basket comprising similar sets of opposing complementaryarched bars, a longitudinally extending rod uniting the upper ends ofthe bars of each set, independent sheet metal plates secured to the barsand forming the body of the basket, a pivot pin unitingthe approachingends of one pair of bars at one end of the basket and a plate locatedbeneath ket, a divider within the basket, and means for adjustablysecuring one end of the divider to the basket so that the width of thedivider may be varied.

11. In a shocking machine, the combination witha pivotally supportedbasket adapted to form a shock of a divider located centrally in thebasket and passing throughout the length thereof the forward end of thedivider being permanently secured to the basket and the rearward endbeing adjustably secured thereto allowing of the contraction orexpansion of the latter end of the divider, as and for the purposespecified.

12. In a shocking machine, the combination with a pivotally supportedbasket adapted to form a shock of a divider located in the basket andpassing centrally throughout the length thereof and comprising a numberof bars pivotally secured forwardly to the basket and rearwardlyadjustably to the basket, and an inclosing plate secured to the bars, asand for the purpose specified.

13. In a shocking machine, the combination with a pivotally supportedbasket adapted to form a shock of a divider located centrally within thebasket and passing longitudinally throughout the length thereofcomprising a number of complementary bars bent each intermediate of itslength to form a knee said bars converging downwardly and forwardly andbeing united to the forward end of the basket by a pivot pin, the rearend of said bars being directed downwardly to the rear of the basket andformed into legs adjustably secured to the basket by bolts, meanshingedly connecting the bars, and a sheet metal plate inclosing the barsand secured to the same, as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at Vinnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, this 19th day ofOctober 1909.

WILLIAM FREDERICK THORNE. I JAMES RANDOLPH INNES HOPKINS. In thepresence of G. S. RoxBURcH, M. A. SOMERVILLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

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